# What's New (July 2026)

> Member-facing summary of Futures Echo Map, Pulse drawing and alerts, Rotation Lab, Copy Trading, and Cortex updates shipped in July 2026.

Source: https://tradeecho.com/docs/getting-started/whats-new-2026-07 (updated 2026-08-05)

July 2026 ships a tighter futures desk, a new Pulse chart, Copy Trading clarity, and Cortex agent execution paths. Here is what landed and where to go deeper.

---

## Futures / Echo Map

The live Echo Map is the futures session command center:

- **Live Echo Map** with heatmap, volume profile, gamma rails (Call Wall, Put Wall, Anchor, Flip), and CVD
- **Live SSE / map updates**, session lenses (24h, RTH, Overnight), and **share image**
- Read the map: [Reading the Echo Map](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/echo-map-guide)
- Get started: [Futures Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/futures/quick-start)

---

## Pulse

Pulse is the focus chart for intraday structure:

- **Focus chart** with overlays - GEX, Net Flow, VWAP, moving averages
- **Drawing suite v3** - right-click menu plus new tools: parallel channel, long/short position, text, callout, and ellipse
- **New timeframes** - 30m, 2H, and Weekly join the existing set
- **Price / line alerts** - create alerts from a drawn line or any price, powered by a server-side scanner, with an alerts manager panel - on web **and** mobile
- **Mobile drawing parity** - the full drawing toolset on mobile, and your drawings **sync between web and mobile**
- **Futures live ticks** via Echo Map when **Auto Live** is on (minute timeframes)

Start here: [Pulse Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/pulse/quick-start)

---

## Rotation Lab

**Rotation Lab v2** at `/rotation-lab` - a relative rotation view that plots sectors and tickers by relative strength and momentum versus a benchmark, so you can spot which groups are rotating into (or out of) leadership.

- [Rotation Lab](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/rotation-lab) - product overview
- [Reading the Rotation Map](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/rotation-lab-guide) - axes, seasons, golden hook, and playbook

---

## Copy Trading

Copy Trading got clearer messaging and smarter support:

- **Support tab** - Cortex-powered, account-aware help inside Copy Trading
- **Clearer skip/pause messaging** in Activity so you know why a copy did not fire
- **Lifetime:** per-pilot broker assignment
- **Monthly:** one active broker at a time
- **Pilots:** use **Set Active** on the account you actually trade so VIP alerts and copy match your live book

Go deeper:

- [Using Copy Trading](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/dashboard)
- [Copy Trading FAQ](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/faq)
- [Pilot setup](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/copy-trading/pilot-setup)

---

## Cortex Agents

Agents and Marketplace got execution controls:

- **Paper by default**; **live execution** for eligible members (lifetime / paid gates as product shows)
- **Marketplace subscribe** with optional **auto-execute** settings

Details: [Agent Builder](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/agent-builder) and [Marketplace](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/cortex/marketplace)

---

## Other

- **Watchlist unification** - one central watchlist shared across the Dealer Edge Focus rail, the Workspace watchlist tile, and Treemap - edit it anywhere and it updates everywhere
- **Workspace premium tiling** - visual refresh with lifted cards and cleaner tile spacing
- **Treemap Watchlist chip** - personal watchlist as a treemap universe (equal-size tiles)
- **Discord Alerts hub** - in-app community feed and follow sync improvements
- **MCP / Echo Map tool** - connected agents can pull Echo Map context when your MCP client is linked ([MCP overview](https://tradeecho.com/docs/mcp/overview))

---

> **Note**
>
> Not financial advice. Features roll out by plan and region - confirm what you see in-app.